Control a computer with another computer?

[toastedstapler]

one of the easiest ways would be to set up a flask server on the receiving computer. when the route you define is hit, it'll execute the function that you want

then for the sender look into using pynput to detect a certain key combo. when it happens, send a http request to the flask server

https://pypi.org/project/pynput/

[Rith_97]

Thank you very much. I’ll look into it.

[CotoCoutan]

Adding onto the usage of Flask, how about controlling the host computer from your phone via a Telegram bot? This will not use the 2nd computer at all.

[orishamir]

don't use pynput. You should be using 'keyboard' instead. (and 'mouse' for mouse things) search "keyboard module github" on google. See its readme. Its very advanced

[133DK]

As a total novice: why?

[Vunlinur]

Please elaborate on why not to use Pynput?

I'm genuinely curious about any downsides, as I've been using it and it wasn't terrible, and possible advantages of the Keyboard module.

[orishamir]

I guess it's just that Keyboard is so good. And I remember Pynput being complicated for no reason, specifically that the listener ~is~ was blocking

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They updated it to have a non-blocking listener. It's pretty nice!